Kipkay - Blu-Ray Laser Phaser! - Universal Laser Cutter Finalist!

Should this project win the grand prize VersaLaser laser cutter package from Universal Laser worth over $15,000? Help us judge the contest by rating this forum post! Audience votes will count for 20% of the total. Check out all the finalists, and vote for your favorites!

This is a forum post created by the Instructables staff on behalf of the finalist. Thanks to all who watched and enjoyed this WORLD'S FIRST Blu-ray Laser Phaser project!

I understand. This project, although it is different than anything else and does fit well with the contest theme, is a novelty item but could still be used as a laser pointer. You sure would look weird pointing this at a screen though. Thanks!

the following statement is with all do respect boooo, this thing stinks, with a few more steps it could have been great by giving it a proper, 2 dollar power supply. booooo Blue Ray laser diodes are the most fragile of the already fragile Laser Diodes. You have now mislead thousands of your fans. Any I swear if you respond and say that it still works I'm going to go crazy That's why you don't get my vote

AGREED! finally, someone else who understands how delicate these poor diodes are. come to laserpointerforums.com where the rest of us laserists are... don't worry my friend. few more days now and they will all have tiny violet LED phasers.

All this time later and it still works great for me too. They're coming to take you away, ha ha.. They're coming to take you away, ha ha..hee hee..ho ho.. To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time...

ANY LED is fragile, that's why there are ratings for them. Stay 10% below max, and they will go on and on. Trust me, I've fried more than a few ;) The rest still live. I voted for this instructable. Why? Red LED lasers could be used as easily, and it was a rather cool bit ;) I've likely burned up more components over the last 40 years than most will in 80 ;) If you don't make smoke once in a while, you ain't experimenting enough. :)